Tuesday, September 17, 2013

This commission appeared on my newsletter at the beginning of the month. This piece has to be one of my favorite commissions of all time. I had a low dpi reference photo, which can make things difficult but with the graphic nature of this piece plus those dazzling deep blues, this piece, while challenging, was quite fun and gratifying.

Below are the step by step photos of the creation of this painting.

1. Before beginning the final piece I completed a loose 6x8" study painting and sent to the client for approval:

2. All elements are penciled in, then the first layers of the background are applied.

3. The first layers of the snow in the foreground are begun below:

A shot of how I set up to paint from the study:

5. More layers added to the sky, background and snow, figures and gear are painted in as well.

Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Gunny was a 8 month old Yorkie I met on the beach in Nags Head this summer, filled with wonder and adored by his owners. His owners asked me to paint a piece of Gunny on the beach. These were two of my study paintings from the brainstorming process. It was too cute not to share on the blog.